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(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)A water-attracting hair as opposed to a hydrophobe hair.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
hydrophobe hair — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A hair with resistance to wetting, thus making a 90° angle of contact with the water surface; see hydrophile hair … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Partition coefficient — In chemistry and the pharmaceutical sciences, a partition (P) or distribution coefficient (D) is the ratio of concentrations of a compound in the two phases of a mixture of two immiscible solvents at equilibrium.[1] The terms gas/liquid partition … Wikipedia